Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Billboard Magazine

Here's a recent 1/2 page illustration I did for Billboard magazine, concerning the decline in British music retail. Above is the final art, and below, you can check out my colour rough.

I usually hand in colour roughs to most clients, as I find that it gives a much better idea of what the final will look like than a pencil rough. Since I usually pencil in "clear line" without indicating where the tones will be placed, it can be a bit misleading -- especially since I tend to drop out most outlines in my final artwork and only use the pencil as a guide for "painting" in tone.

9 comments:

Thanks, guys. Jason, yeah, my roughs are kinda tight. I get a bit of ribbing for that from some of my "looser" friends, but it just a comfortable way for me to work. I should point out, however, that my roughs are usually about 1/3 the size of the final piece, so they're pretty tiny and quick to do.

Please note that I do not do accept any private commissions (comic character sketches, family portraits, etc). I also do not sell any prints of my work online. Sketches and prints can usually be purchased at events that I am personally attending. Thanks for your understanding.